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Metso Corporation has been informed about an decrease in the holding of the Fidelity International Limited and its subsidiaries of the paid up share capital of Metso Corporation. On March 29, 2006, Fidelity International Limited and its subsidiaries owned a total of 5,631,182 Metso shares, which corresponds to 3.98 percent of the paid up share capital and voting rights of Metso Corporation. On the basis of the previous announcement, their holding was 5.11 percent on March 20, 2006.

According to the announcement of Fidelity International Limited, their holdings on March 29, 2006 were as follows:

FUND NAME

SHARES

FIJ IT EURO SMLLR COS OPN MTHR

15,400

FIDELITY EUROPEAN OPP FND 1992

220,600

FIFTEEN RE FIDELITY

210,500

FID FDS - European Growth Pool

2,570,099

FID FDS - Nordic Pool

210,800

FID FDS - Euro Blue Chip Pool

482,622

fID FDS - EURO SMALLER CO POOL

136,600

EP MM Clapp

48,700

STC IntL Equity Fund - ROW

37,600

SGE MM ROW

21,000

GEC 1972 PLN GLB EQTY FD - ROW

43,400

CHURCH COMM FOR ENGLAND - ROW

31,300

BRITISH ENERGY GEN GRP - ROW

17,800

IBM DENM SELECT - GLOBAL EX-US

11,500

ACCIDENT REHAB & CMP - GLB EX-US

64,800

IBM AUSTRIA GLOBAL EX US

4,200

AFP UNILEVER SCHWEIZ - GBL EX US

6,100

DEUTSCHE ARTZE - ROW

10,800

FMT_GL ROW

45,800

EAST SUSSEX CNTY COUNCIL - ROW

41,000

RAILWAYS PENS EQUITY - EUROPE

215,200

CHEVRON TEXACO UK PNS PL-ROW

22,100

AUSTRALIA - FUNDS SA

56,300

SAINT-GOBAIN UK PENSION SCHEME

51,800

SHELL AUSTRIA PENSIONSKASSE AG

12,400

DBI - FONDS DSPT- A1

41,800

NPC TRUST - ACTIVE 1 - ROW

8,400

BAYVK A1 FIDELITY

75,400

MV4 ACTIONS EURO

55,667

FF-INST EURO BLUE CHIP POOL

53,925

STICHTING BEDRIJF VOOR DE META

232,600

GM INVESTMENT TRUSTEES LTD

38,900

THE PENSIONS TRUST - GC

12,000

FIDELITY EUROPEAN PILOT FUND

916

VICTORIAN FUNDS MGMT CORP

19,000

GIC MM EUROPEAN EQ FUND - GC

13,900

fIDELITY EUROZONE EQ PILOT FD

1,970

A/C 16MSFSLE

90,900

FIDELITY EUROPEAN CYCL PLT FD

2,300

SPH - SELECT EUROPE

62,300

SPMS-SELECT EUROPE

41,000

FIDELITY SELECT GLOBAL EQ FUND

6,500

FID AUS EUROPE FUND

15,000

FID INSTL SELECT EUROPE EQ FD

42,000

UNILEVER PRG SMALL CAP EUROPE

12,800

BASF AG - EUROPEAN SMALL CAPS

43,200

MULTI STYLE MULT MGR EUR SM CP

25,700

STCHG BD V DE MT EN TCH BD ESC

39,100

CO-OPERATIVE GRP PENS - RW

26,100

GKN GROUP PENSION SCHEME - ROW

32,500

UNILEVER (SUPERANN) IRELAND - ROW

18,700

IBM IREL SEL GLBL EQUITIES ROW

2,200

IBM AUSTRIA SELECT GLBL EQ ROW

5,600

EUROPEAN EQUITY MKT NEUT LONG

22,383

total

5,631,182SHARES

Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2005 net sales of approximately EUR 4.2 billion. Its 22 000 employees in more than 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and selected other industries.